RDF Television is committed to complying with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and this policy serves to alert you to the data processing practices which will govern the processing of your data. It is our policy to only collect and retain personal data which is necessary for us to conduct our business, to respect the privacy of individuals and to ensure that any data held is secure giving access only to those who have a lawful right of access. If you have any queries about this statement please contact the Director of Business Affairs at RDF Television.

We will obtain personal information from you when you apply to be considered as a contributor to a programme or you otherwise provide us with personal information. This may be by email, on the telephone , by post or in a face to face meeting We may also receive information about you from third parties, for example, from a friend who wants to tell you about a programme.

The types of information collected might include names, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, fax number and personal details relating to your family, lifestyle, beliefs and opinions.

We will use your personal information in order to research the production of television programmes and possibly in the actual production of the programme once you have consented to appear in a programme. This information will only be used for this specific purpose. We may need to share your information with the commissioning broadcasters of the programmes and any other party directly connected with the production and distribution of the programme to the extent necessary

We use a secure server to store all contributors ’ details at RDF. We also take appropriate measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date. We will only keep your personal data on file for as long as it is relevant, necessary and useful to us or until you ask us to amend or delete it form the files which you may do at any time. We will delete the data from the file as soon as it is no longer required.

As indicated above, we may pass your information to the broadcaster of the programme and any other party directly associated with the production and distribution of the programme to the extent necesary. We may also need to disclose your information if required to do so by law.

By providing us with your personal data, including sensitive personal data such as on your health, you consent to the collection and use of any information you provide in accordance with the above purposes and this privacy statement.

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.

If your personal details change, please help us to keep your information up to date by notifying us at the above address. We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement. If we do so, we will post notice of the change on our website and you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.